Louisa Chu

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This week in food: Growing power

Mar. 26, 2012
In a dystopian fictional future, kids hunt the woods to feed their families in The Hunger Games.

That which we call a ramp

Mar. 22, 2012
What's in a name? That which we call a ramp, by any other name would smell as...stinky? But that's not quite it.

A corndog renaissance

Mar. 16, 2012
This year marks the 20th anniversary of National Corndog Day, a movable feast celebrated not on a specific date, but the first Saturday of March Madness—which refers to college basketball, for those who don't follow that religion.

This week in food: 'Odd bits'

Mar. 15, 2012
All our talk about pink slime brought up a lot of questions—but what about answers? This week we can discuss it with the experts at the Good Food Festival and chef/author Jennifer McLagan, who wrote the new book Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal. Then from pink to green, St.

Happy Pie and Pi Day

Mar. 14, 2012
I've been planning for months to celebrate National Pie Day today—which happens to fall on Pi Day—by making floral pies. But with unseasonably warm temperatures near 80 degrees, I didn't want to bake.

Fukushima and food

Mar. 8, 2012
This Sunday marks the one year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan—but they hit on a Friday afternoon, so I'm thinking about them today. You may remember I visited recently, at the invitation of their government, to take a culinary tour of the recovery areas.

Amber waves: National Maple Syrup Festival

Mar. 8, 2012
The final weekend of the National Maple Syrup Festival will in fact be held this coming Saturday and Sunday. This despite deadly tornadoes that touched down just 40 miles away last week.

This week in food: Karma

Mar. 7, 2012
Pink slime—the infamous ammonia-treated ground beef, rejected by fast food restaurants including McDonald's, Burger King, and Taco Bell—is back in the news this week, with reports that the USDA is planning to buy 7 million pounds for the National School Lunch Program.Try to digest that for a bit the

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